RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
Summary
Amends certain land subdivision and condominium property regime laws related to agricultural land, as recommended pursuant to Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, to ensure certain condominium property regime projects within the agricultural district are used for agricultural purposes. (SD2)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2021
Last action Jun 25, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
49
Key actions
12
Committee
19
Amendments
4
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced
House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
lower
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced
Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 614).
upper
Apr 16, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to WAL, AGR, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 36
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 661) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Inouye, Kanuha, Moriwaki, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Shimabukuro, Wakai.
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chang, Misalucha, Nishihara, Riviere, San Buenaventura, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPN/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-07-21 9:30AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM.
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Committee
Reported from AEN/WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1124) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/WAM.
upper
Mar 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Keith-Agaran, Misalucha, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Mar 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Nishihara, Acasio, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on AEN/WTL deferred the measure until 03-22-21 1:06PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Committee
Re-Referred to AEN/WTL, CPN/WAM.
upper
Mar 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on AEN/WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-21 1:10PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to AEN/WTL, CPN.
upper
Mar 5, 2021
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 39).
upper
Mar 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, D. Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakamura, Takumi, Todd, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Tokioka.
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem excused (1).
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Committee
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 339), recommending referral to JHA.
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Perruso, Lowen, Marten, Matayoshi, Todd, Tokioka, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 17), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Branco, Ganaden, B. Kobayashi, Kong, Morikawa; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno, McDermott.
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to WAL, AGR, JHA, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
21 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amy Perruso
DDemocratic
P
Angus McKelvey
DDemocratic
P
Chris Todd
DDemocratic
P
Daniel Holt
DDemocratic
P
David Tarnas
DDemocratic
P
Dee Morikawa
DDemocratic
P
Greggor Ilagan
DDemocratic
P
Kyle Yamashita
DDemocratic
P
Lauren Matsumoto
RRepublican
P
Linda Ichiyama
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Marten
DDemocratic
P
Mark Nakashima
DDemocratic
P
MS
Matthew S. LoPresti
DDemocratic
P
Nadine K. Nakamura
DDemocratic
P
Nicole Lowen
DDemocratic
P
PP
Patrick Pihana Branco
DDemocratic
P
Scot Matayoshi
DDemocratic
P
Sean Quinlan
DDemocratic
P
TW
Tina Wildberger
DDemocratic
P
Troy Hashimoto
DDemocratic
P
VO
Val Okimoto
RRepublican
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